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The rise of birds : 225 million years of evolution / Sankar Chatterjee

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Author:
Chatterjee, Sankar  Search this
Physical description:
xiv, 370 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Type:
Books
Date:
2015
Contents:
Mesozoic Pompeii -- The evolution of an airframe -- The origin of birds -- Archaeopteryx : an ancient wing -- Protoavis : a precocious Triassic bird -- Basal avialans : the long-tailed birds -- Pygostylia : the short-tailed birds -- Enantiornithes : global Cretaceous birds -- Ornithuromorphs : the prelude to modern birds -- The end-Cretaceous mass extinction -- The avian revolution begins -- The origin of flight -- Eggs, embryos and heterochrony -- Feathers and footprints -- The feeding mechanism and cranial kinesis -- Birds and humans
Topic:
Birds--Evolution  Search this
Birds, Fossil  Search this
Birds--Flight  Search this
Data Source:
Smithsonian Libraries
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sil_1040742